(Devin Hahm from Qoo10 Singapore’s SEA Business Development team) While not everyone can afford a long vacation overseas, it has become commonplace for Singaporeans to book a staycation on the island’s many hotels, ranging from boutique hotels to luxury 5* hotels. We chat with Devin Hahm from Qoo10’s SEA Business Development team to glean some tips for saving on hotel bookings with Qoo10. James: Are you more of a vacation or staycation person? Which hotels do you usually stay in? Devin: Well, I’m actually a little of both. I’m Korean and being based in Singapore makes it really convenient to travel around Asia for R&R over the weekends. I like to splurge on 5* hotels abroad as it’s relatively value-for-money compared to local hotel rates. When I plan staycations, I tend to pick one of the many hotels on Sentosa because I like to hang out at the beach with friends and have a beer or two. (Booking.com engine on Qoo10) James: Can you tell us a little about Qoo10’s latest collaboration with Booking.com? Devin: We signed an agreement with them to integrate their hotel booking engine on our site. So Qoo10 customers who are looking to book a hotel in Singapore or overseas can click on our ‘Deal & Entertain’ product category tab and select to make their bookings. James: What’s the difference between booking a hotel stay on Qoo10 versus Booking.com itself? Devin: Customers actually pay the same booking price for both, because the transactions are done on the Booking.com site. However, customers who make their bookings through Qoo10 will receive an additional 7% rebate in Qpoints, which they can then use to offset their next purchase at Qoo10. James: Why did Qoo10 decide to collaborate with Booking.com? Devin: For a long time, Qoo10 has wanted to venture into the tourism sector – it is a huge industry which literally never sleeps. Also we managed to find a great partner in Booking.com, which has an extensive network of hotels all over the world. We believe this is a great value-add for our customers beyond the Qpoint rebate. (Extensive network of hotels in each country) James: Any other exciting developments you can share with us?
Devin: It’s a bit early to announce this but we are in talks with several travel agencies specialising in flight bookings. We hope to explore a tie-up with them to integrate their flight booking engine on Qoo10 and make our platform a one-stop travel booking website for our customers.
8 Comments
10/13/2015 09:41:30 am
Hi,i book the Thailand hotel thru your website and i remember the 7% of the total amount for the hotel fee will auto in to my Q10 account after my payment of the hotel but i still never receive any until today...Can u pls help to check?The booking number is 613065623...Thanks...
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Angela
11/12/2015 06:29:32 pm
Same here. Its 2 months already and the rebates are not in my qoo10 account. Your customer service took 2 months to check and have not get back to me till now. Please do not promise what you cannot honour.
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Ng Yeow Kiat
1/24/2016 08:55:12 am
Looks like i am just another victim to this scam. Completed stay since Dec 10th 2015, till date January 25th, still now rebates (approx. S$185 worth). So much for "roughly 15 days".
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3/1/2016 07:34:09 am
It’s a bit early to announce this but we are in talks with several travel agencies specialising in flight bookings.
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2/16/2017 09:59:37 pm
This is so great, we can now receive 7% Qpoint rebate when we make a hotel booking on QOO10!! This is so cool, I am going to share it with friends and will tell them to start booking from here online.
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5/25/2017 01:32:59 am
This is very helpful especially for the tourists who want to find a hotel with the cheapest price.
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4/30/2018 12:16:25 am
Woah this blog is superbly amazing….I has always enjoyed reading all your posts and health based articles.
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